Word Origin
from chamets
Definition
that which is leavened
NASB Translation
leaven (3), leavened (4), leavened bread (3), which is leavened (1).

חָמֵץ noun masculine^{Exodus 13:3} that which is leavened — ֯׳ח Exodus 12:15 10t. — forbidden at Passover Exodus 12:15 (P), Exodus 13:3,7 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:3, in all sacrifices Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 6:10 (P; apposition); exceptions are ׳לֶחֶם ח of peace-offering Leviticus 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (׳ח appositive) Leviticus 23:17 (H). — see RS^{Sem 208 OTJC 2, 345}.

מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exodus 12:19,20 (P).

חָמֵ֑ץ חָמֵ֔ץ חָמֵ֖ץ חָמֵ֗ץ חָמֵֽץ׃ חמץ חמץ׃ מֵֽחָמֵץ֙ מַחְמֶ֖צֶת מַחְמֶ֗צֶת מחמץ מחמצת chaMetz ḥā·mêṣ ḥāmêṣ machMetzet maḥ·me·ṣeṯ maḥmeṣeṯ mê·ḥā·mêṣ mechaMetz mêḥāmêṣInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts